Hemlock Water Dropwort plants are spotted at Bembridge Beach on the Isle of Wight.

You may have noticed that mushrooms pop up in your yard or in parks right after a rain but don’t last for long. A mushroom is the above-ground part of a fungus. Most of the time, fungi live as ...

It’s common for those in the vegetation management industry to encounter poisonous plants, such as poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac regularly. Due to this frequent exposure, it is imperative to ...

California health officials are urging people to “not eat wild mushrooms" ...

Of all the creeping, crawling critters that potentially pose problems for humans, spiders occupy a special niche. Unlike the biting, stinging pests such as hornets, wasps, snakes, and ticks that ...

Stop! Don't touch that plant! There are lots of gorgeous varieties of plants nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains for nature lovers to admire and enjoy. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is home ...